Side-frame brace and radiator shell



Jan. 1, 1924 1,479,734

v. w. PAGE SIDE FRAME BRACE AND RADIATOR SHELL Original Filed May 18. 1921 W/T'NESSES amve/wto'o a0 have h/Za Fatented Jan. 1, 1924.

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vrcron w. PAGE, or KEW eannnns, NEW YORK.

SIDE-FRADIIE BRACE AND RADIATOR SHELL.

Application filed May 18, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it-=known that I, VICTOR W. PAGE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, Kew Gardens, borough of Queens, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved SideFrame Brace and Radiator Shell, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in the construction of motor vehicle chassis and while the construction herein set forth is capable for use in motor vehicles wherein liquid cooling systems are employed, it is more particularly adapted to a chassis structure of motor vehicles in which the motor is of the air-cooled type.

It is one of the objects of the present invention to employ a radiator shell which is connected to the side frames in such a manner as to provide a forward side frame brace.

It is another object of the invention to employ the radiator shell as a supporting means for a forward bearing of the motor crank shaft. Heretofore it has been the common practice to employ a separate forward brace for the side frames of vehicle chassis but so far as I am aware, a radiator shell rigidly secured to the side frames and forming a radiator shell rigidly secured to the side frames and forming a brace therefor, is a new and novel construction.

Referring to the drawings Figure l is a perspective view illustrating one of the forms in which the invention is carried out;

Figure 2 is a perspective View broken away of a modified form of the; invention.

inferring more particularly to the drawings, the reference character 5 designates the radiator shell. the radiator being removed therefrom. This radiator shell 5 may be of any desired shape and in the present in stance is shown as provided with a front wall 6 having an opening 7 to permit of the free passage of air therethrough. The lower wall of the radiator is indicated by the reference character 8, and is formed in such a manner as to occupy a true horizontal plane Serial No. 470,640. Renewed June 8, 1923.

with respect to the chassis of the vehicle. Mounted upon this lower wall 8 and rigidly secured thereto is a bearing block 9, and said bearing block 9 is adapted to form the means for supporting the bearing which in turn will receive the forward end of the motor crank shaft, which latter element is not herein shown. The reference character 10 designates the side frames of the chassis and said side frames have their forward ends rigidly secured to their respective sides of the radiator shell by means of bolts, rivets, or the like 11. lVhile in the present instance. the side frames are shown as secured to the radiator shell upon the inner face thereof, it is obvious that they could be positioned upon the outer face thereof without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

In Fig. 2 the radiator shell 5 is shown without the front wall 6. In this form, however, the construction and operation are the same as in the preferred form of the invention.

From the foregoing it is apparent that the present invention provides means for-supporting a radiator which means is commonly known in the art as a radiator shell, and by the construction employed said radiator shell is utilized to provide a front frame brace and crank shaft bearing support.

I claim:

1. In a vehicle frame structure, a plurality of side frames, a radiator shell rigidly secured to and connecting said side frames, said radiator shell forming a front brace for the side frames, and a crank shaft bearing carried by the lower wall of said radiator shell.

2. In a vehicle frame structure, a plurality of side frames and a radiator shell com-.

shaft.

VICTOR W. PAGE. 

